Putting Education to Work

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In October and November 2011, Career Centers from 20 of the 23 campuses of the California State University conducted a statewide survey of employers who recruit students for professional postgraduate positions. Nine-hundred seventy eight (978) employers responded to the survey. On average, employers responding to the survey recruited for full time positions on 3.2 CSU campuses, and recruited for internships on 2.5 CSU campuses.

Seven key hiring factors

Capability to learn what is necessary to be effective in their assignments

Oral communication

Teamwork

Flexibility to respond to changing work demands

Potential to contribute to the future success of their organization

Written communication

Leadership potential

Technical skills and representing the diversity of the emerging workplace were also important, but ranked lower than the seven key factors

Four distinctive qualities of CSU graduates

Teamwork

Flexibility to respond to changing work demands

Capability to learn what is necessary to be effective in their assignments